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In Orange County, ABC's Ryan Owens saw "not much of a fight. Once again today the fires were winning…Throughout the canyons of Orange County homes were reduced to shells and cinder." CBS' John Blackstone (no link) heard the county's Fire Chief Chip Prather "angrily" blame his inability to fight the fires on his lack of back-up: "It is an absolute fact that, had we had more air resources, we would have been able to control this fire." Blackstone was skeptical: "Even the planes available here have had little effectiveness. Strong winds have often left them grounded." Airborne firefighting was on display in abundance in Malibu, where ABC's Neal Karlinsky followed 23 airplanes and 50 helicopters as they dropped "water on hotspots, specialized foam on stubborn areas that water cannot put out--and flame retardant ahead of fire lines." The aircraft made as many as 50 separate drops in an eight-hour shift, directed by their own airborne traffic controlers flying above them.
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